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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Challenger SRBs
Message-ID: <1956@peora.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 11:00:22 EST
Article-I.D.: peora.1956
Posted: Mon Feb  3 11:00:22 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 5-Feb-86 01:35:28 EST
References: Challenger SRBs <4270@mhuxd.UUCP> <958@ihuxx.UUCP>
Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Orlando, Fl
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> It's my belief that NASA Launch Operations will regret that they
> intentionally destroyed the SRBs.  As I understand that situation,
> there was only a POSSIBILITY that the SRBs could have fallen on
> populated areas.  They surely would have burned for only a few
> more seconds.  Would the parachute recovery mechanism have worked even
> after the shuttle explosion?

It appeared from here that one of the SRBs was heading almost straight
downward, under power, shortly before it was destroyed.
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